The CALL Scotland CPD Programme for 2013 - 2014 has now been formally launched and is on its way to schools throughout Scotland. We generally send it to Learning Support in the case of secondary schools and to the Head Teacher for primaries and special schools. Let us know if you would like to receive your own paper copy. Details of the courses we are offering are available on the CALL web site. Booking is now open.

Communication and Technology

CALL Scotland courses cover a broad range of topics relating to ICT to support pupils with additional support needs. Courses are aimed mainly at teachers, therapists and other professionals working with these learners, but parents are also welcome to attend if a topic is of particular interest to them. Get in touch with us for information on our ‘Parent-Rate’.

iPads

As a result of high demand for our ‘hands-on’ iPad courses, this year we are running more and have also added an Introduction to iPads course to our programme. If you are new to iPads, we encourage you to attend this course before one of the more advanced ones. Topics for these courses include Picture and Symbol/Text Apps to Support Communication, and the use of iPads to support learners with dyslexia or with a visual impairment. These courses have a limited number of places and fill up fast, so book early!

SQA Digital Exams

Over 1,300 candidates from 173 schools/centres used digital papers for SQA exams in 2012. SQA have announced that from August, using human readers and scribes will not be regarded as 'reasonable adjustments' for National Literacy Units. CALL’s courses on Creating and Implementing Digital Exams will be especially relevant for the coming session as digital papers increasingly become the most appropriate format for many learners with reading and writing difficulties and physical disabilities.

Hands-On

Many of the courses have a significant ‘hands-on’ component, giving an ample opportunity to explore programs and devices with lots of support readily available from CALL staff. We have our own sets of laptops and iPads for training courses.

For Parents

The programme includes two events specifically aimed at parents. The Information Day in November (Date to be confirmed) is a ‘parent/carer-only event, giving a chance to ask questions and to find out more about technology without having to keep an eye on the children. We also have a more child-centred event, The Family Fun Day (Date also to be confirmed), which we organise in conjunction with Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland. Here, parents and children can try equipment and take part in various activities together. Further details will be announced in the near future. To be sure of getting information about these, sign up for our regular email newsletter.

It was great to see so many people at the Dyslexia Scotland South East Scotland meeting last night, where I was giving a talk on Low Cost Software and iPad Apps to support people with dyslexia. Unfortunately, I wasn't expecting quite so many people so I ran out of copies of the handout, listing the programs and apps I was (somewhat ambitiously!) trying to show during the evening. If you didn't manage to get a copy (or want another one), here it is.

I was asked about useful sources of information on developments in technology for learners with dyslexia and other support needs, particularly with regard to the iPad. These days, the internet is full of useful resources and it is easy to get bogged down with information, but there are some key resources:

• The CALL Scotland Blog is a very good starting point, though we don't always have time to keep track of every interesting new development.
• I did a handout listing iPad resources for a Parents' information Day back in November, and have been adding to it since. You can download it from here.
• I'm a big fan of the Pinterest resource created by Lauren Enders

I'll try to add to this list next week.

I was also asked about dyslexia-related apps for Android devices. Paul Hamilton has an excellent blog where he talks about apps specifically for Android devices. His wider blog has information on other apps.

I was asked earlier this week for advice on an app that would allow somebody to take a photograph of some text with an iPad and then convert the image into editable text that could be read back. This is equivalent to scanning a paper document and processing the image with an optical character recognition (OCR) program to create a text file, which can then be read back using text-to-speech software on a computer.

Prizmo or TextGrabber + Translator?

Normally I recommend Prizmo (£6.99) for a task like this as it generally produces pretty decent results, provided that the lighting is good and the iPad is kept steady, but I read a recommendation for TextGrabber + Translator (£0.69) a couple of days ago so I decided to compare them.

They were both originally designed for the iPhone, but work perfectly well on the iPad 3. When you search for them in the App Store you have to look among the iPhone, rather than the iPad apps. When you first open either of them, they'll only occupy a small part of the screen (equivalent to an iPhone display), but you can enlarge this by tapping on a small circular button marked 2X at the bottom right of the display.

I used both apps to take a picture of a page featuring an advertisement from today's Times Educational Supplement Scotland. and then used the OCR software within each app to convert the text on the page into editable text on the iPad. Prizmo only attempted to convert the black text, rather than white text on a coloured background. There were a couple of mistakes in the main body of the text, but it did surprisingly well when it attempted the very small Terms and Conditions text at the bottom of the page - there were a few mistakes, but the text was recognisable, which I found astonishing given the size of the original text. TextGrabber managed to cope with white text on a coloured background and was perfect in the main body of the text, but the small Terms and Conditions text was unrecognisable.

Reading Text Out Loud

When it came to speaking the text out, Prizmo uses its own text-to-speech system, allowing the text to be read out by pretty decent voices (for which you have to pay separately, typically £1.99 per voice). TextGrabber uses the built-in Apple Speak Selection system so the voice options are a little more restricted. This has to be turned on in the Accessibility Settings - Tap on the Settings icon, select General and scroll down to Accessibility to make sure that Speak Selection is turned on. You should then be given an option to Speak any text you select.

Translating Text

Prizmo and ScreenGrabber + Translate can translate from English into a wide range of foreign languages, which can then be read back in the appropriate language if you have a  suitable voice installed. The translations are not perfect, but good enough to get an idea of what the text is about.

I think I would now lean towards TextGrabber - it is cheaper, slightly less complicated, and the OCR (conversion from an image into text) seems to be slightly more accurate.

There are, of course, other apps that can be used to do this.

Congratulations to the winners of the Scottish Book Awards for 2012, which were announced today in Dundee. The winners were:

• 3 - 7 years - John Fardell for The Day Louis Got Eaten
• 8 - 11 years - Jonathan Meres for The World of Norm: May Contain Nuts
• 12 - 16 years - Barry Hutchison for The 13th Horseman

Over 30,000 children in schools throughout Scotland voted for their favourite new book to decide the winner of each category.

CALL Scotland's Books for All project provided copies of the books in electronic accessible formats for 55 pupils with a print disability in schools throughout Scotland to allow them to join their friends in voting for their favourite book.

The entire archive of Sarah Blackstone's superb 'Augmentative Communication News' newsletter is now available free online.

The newsletter, typically 8 - 12 pages in length, was published 6 times a year for over 20 years between 1988 and 2009. Each issue would focus on a particular topic, e.g. Using AAC in a classroom, AAC in the Intensive Care Unit, gathering together current research and resources on the topic.

This valuable resource has now been made available for people to download free from the Augmentative Communication Inc web site. Given the passage of time and changing technology, some of the information may now be a little out f date, but the principles on which it was based are still sound and very relevant. Many of the individual newsletters can still be regarded as the best sources of information on their topic.

Sarah Blackstone deserves the thanks of the entire AAC community for her years of work on the newsletter, and for making it available to all.

Carol Paige from the South Carolina Assistive Technology Programme has compiled a pretty comprehensive chart comparing various apps that can be used for augmentative and alternative communication. It will be very useful, but you might need a magnifying glass to read a printed copy!The same site has a number of other useful lists of apps, including:

• Apps that make life easier
• Concept Mapping Apps
• Note Taking Apps
• Reading / Writing Apps
• Voice to Text Apps
• Web Browser Apps
• Word Prediction Apps
• ... and lots more!

We were asked today if there are any safety issues associated with the use of WiFi systems in schools. Given the increasing use of WiFi, it is actually a little surprising that we haven't been asked about it earlier.

Our first stop for information on Health and Safety issues is generally the Health and Safety Executive. Their web site includes a set of FAQs on 'Non-ionising Radiation'. This refers mostly to mobile phone masts and the use of mobile phones, but also includes a short section on WiFi, with the following information:

"Are there health risks from exposure to wireless computer technology (WiFi)?"

"When developing a view on WiFi safety HSE consults the Health Protection Agency (HPA), which advises Government on this issue. The HPA’s current position is that there is no consistent evidence that exposure to WiFi adversely affects the health of the general population.

"What is HSE’s advice on using WiFi equipment in offices?

"HSE sees no health and safety reason why offices should not use WiFi equipment. If new evidence about WiFi safety comes to light, and the HPA advice changes, HSE will review its guidance accordingly."

There's more information on the Health Protection Agency's web site, including details of a school-based research project that they have been carrying out.

Here are the Key Points from the HPA web site:

• There is no consistent evidence to date that exposure to RF signals from Wi-Fi and WLANs adversely affect the health of the general population.
• The signals from Wi-Fi are very low power, typically 0.1 watt (100 milliwatts), in both the computer and the mast (or router) and resulting exposures should be well within internationally-accepted guidelines.
• The frequencies used are broadly the same as those from other RF applications.
• Based on current knowledge, RF exposures from Wi-Fi are likely to be lower than those from mobile phones.
• On the basis of current scientific information, exposures from Wi-Fi equipment satisfy international guidelines. There is no consistent evidence of health effects from RF exposures below guideline levels and no reason why schools and others should not use Wi-Fi equipment.

I don't fully understand all of the science in the summary of the research report, but there was one sentence that I found particularly reassuring:

"The reported SAR value in the head represents less than 1% of the SAR previously calculated in the head for a typical mobile phone exposure condition." (SAR is the "Specific Absorption Rate" of energy in the body.)

The Guardian had a very readable and informative article about wifi safety in September of last year. It suggested that "the intensity of a Wi-Fi signal is around 100,000 times less than that of a microwave oven", which, again, is reassuring. The comments on the article included a detailed response offering a contrary point of view, with a link to a web site. I wasn't convinced by the arguments, but it is certainly worth having a look at the information.

Direct Experience

Paul has had direct experience arising from the use of WiFi while working with a CALL client in a hospital setting. When he set up internet access for a pupil, hospital staff didn’t allow a mobile dongle within 10m because of the risk of interference with his vent, but WiFi was OK, so he connected  his tablet via WiFi to a dongle with built-in wifi receiver and put it in the family room which was far enough away.

Conclusion - No Need to Worry (but let's keep an eye on it!)

In conclusion, current research suggests that WiFi signals are very low power and unlikely to be a safety issue for most people. Nevertheless, it is important that there should be ongoing research in this area to monitor future developments. 

You might think it strange to be talking about handwriting in connection with a portable tablet device, with a built in keyboard, but there are a lot of times when there are definite linkages between handwriting and the iPad, from a young child practising letter formation to a student wishing to annotate a diagram with written notes, or convert from handwriting to printed text.

From Scribbles to Letters

Traditionally, young children have often developed and improved their letter formation (and then handwriting) skills through finger painting or forming letters and shapes in sand. The iPad can provide a similar tactile experience without the mess! There are lots of free, or very cheap, drawing apps that allow young children to start off with random scribbling, leading on to attempts at more formal drawing and practice at letter formation.

Inclusive Technology have just released Finger Paint with Sounds, a free app that can play music, or random sounds while a child is drawing on the screen with their finger. It can either be used with a single finger, or in 'multi-touch' mode - single finger is obviously better for letter formation. The app is engaging and fun, though I found it irritating that the opening screen just leads to a web page with information on other Inclusive products which can only be avoided by a two-fingered double-tap in the top left corner.

I quite like Draw 4 Free, which, once you get past the opening advert, has a very simple interface - a blank screen, with a 'pencil' icon in the bottom left corner that allows access to options for saving / opening a picture, changing pen thickness and changing colours. You could create a picture with horizontal lines, and possibly outlines of letters, as a background that a pupil could use to practice writing with their finger.

If you are looking for something a bit more 'artistic', or 'calligraphic', then you could try Paper. You can create some really nice writing and drawing effects with this app, which was awarded the title of 'App of the Year' for 2012 by Apple. Individual pages are presented as partly-folded notes, which you can expand to full-size by touching on the screen. Note that while the basic app is free, you have to pay for additional pens and colours.

Forming Letters

There are a few apps available that help with letter formation - they generally provide a stencil for a letter or word with a 'route' that should be followed to form the individual letters.

BT Handwriting (Build and Teach, not British Telecom!) provides individual UPPER or lower case letters for the pupil to copy, along with numbers and an opportunity to copy a name. There is a free version, which just provides upper-case letters. The direction and sequence of strokes required to make up a letter are indicated. There is also a facility for taking a screenshot to record how well the letter has been copied.

Touch and Write provides practice in writing letters and words, by following a route on a template. It is more flexible than some of the other apps in this area, offering a range of backgrounds (though they are not all very useful) and a facility to create and use your own word lists. On the other hand, the review and reward provided at the end of each word is long and repetitive. This could become tedious for a pupil who is keen to progress to the end of the task. I have been in touch with the developer, who will consider changes for a future version.

iWriteWords is a similar app for letter formation, providing practice with individual letters, numbers and short words. It has a very simple design, but offers less flexibility than Touch and Write, for example it does not seem possible to edit the words that are presented, or to change their order. A child needing practice with M and P could become bored with forever writing A..N..T. One nice feature in iWriteWords is the use of numbers to indicate the direction of writing to form a letter, though this depends on the child being familiar with numbers.

What can you write with?

Early writing apps are designed for use with a finger, but at some point a child might want to progress to a stylus, which allows more control over fine lines. We have the Pogo Stylus available for loan, but I find that it isn't very good for precise work, a problem that increases as it becomes worn. I prefer the Cosmonaut, which is a bit like a child's thick crayon, but has a definite point.

More advanced writing.

If you want to continue writing with your finger for a little longer, there's a neat app, FastFinga, which allows the user to write at 'normal' size, but with the text automatically 'shrunk' to fit on a page. This has various backgrounds, e.g. 'notepaper' and sheet music which can be useful.

Annotation

This is where things start to get a little more serious! Suppose a pupil is sitting a digital exam provided in PDF format, or simply wants to add notes / drawings to a worksheet or text provided in PDF format. The Adobe Reader app has a basic set of tools for adding typed notes, and freehand drawings.  iAnnotate PDF provides additional facilities, including the ability to add notes and comments by voice. There may still be times when someone will want to add handwritten notes, using a stylus, which both Adobe Reader and iAnnotate allow.

Handwriting Recognition.

The ultimate task in this blog is to have handwritten text converted into printed text. Handwriting recognition has been around with varying degrees of success for tablet computers for some time. There are a couple of Apps for the iPad that are worth a look:

WritePad provides fast on-screen recognition of handwriting, with the screen split into three sections: the bottom for writing into, the middle to let you see what the app thinks you wrote and the top part for the 'end product'. It is a nice idea, but I found the recognition was not consistent enough with my admittedly illegible handwriting for the app to work well for me.

Myscript Memo works better for me in terms of recognition. With this app you can fill a page with notes and then export what you have written as a text file. It is possible to edit the text before sending it. My biggest issue with this app is that it can only be used with the iPad in portrait mode, rather than landscape. It is easy to accidentally touch the iPad screen with the base of your hand as you are writing, interfering with the writing process. There is a built-in software 'writing guard' which is supposed to 'deactivate' the part of the screen where you are resting your hand, but I found it very flakey.

 

Towards the end of last year we had a visit from Yvonne Baird, from the Department of Work and Pensions' Access to Work scheme. This was described in a recent report as "one of the best-kept secrets" within the Government. Money can be provided through Access to Work for people with disabilities in, or starting, employment. The money can pay for things like:

• specialist equipment.
• travel when you can't use public transport.
• a communicator at a job interview.

To qualify for an Access to Work Grant, You must be disabled, 16 or over and either:

• in a paid job or self-employed - you can’t get it for voluntary work.
• unemployed and about to start a job or a work trial.

Support for Adults from CALL Scotland

CALL is funded, primarily by the Scottish Government, to support pupils with communication difficulties in schools in Scotland, and the staff who work with them, but we also get a small amount of money that allows us to provide limited support for adults with disabilities, through the Information and Advice and Loans services. Here are a few examples of the support we have provided in recent months:

• Advice on different speech recognition systems for a speech and language therapist working with an adult in employment (who was probably eligible for Access to Work funding).
• Advice (and loans of mini keyboards and a glidepad) to an occupational therapist with clients with MND wishing to access a computer in a day centre.
• Information on use of Kindle software to allow an adult switch user to access electronic books (and loan of switch / interface).
• Information and advice for adults with dyslexia looking for low cost software to support reading and writing.

I got myself a Kindle Fire HD earlier this week as it is hard to respond to inquiries about a piece of equipment that we haven't seen. Interestingly, Amazon could not deliver until the middle of February so I got one from our local branch of Argos for the same price - sometimes it pays to shop local!

The Kindle Fire (bottom left in the photo), with a 7" screen is roughly the same size as the old keyboard Kindle (bottom right), just a fraction wider), but it is nearly twice as heavy. It is significantly smaller and lighter than the iPad (top). The display has a very decent resolution (1,280 x 800 pixels) and is clear and sharp.

The onscreen keyboard is as good as most others and works in either portrait or landscape orientation, with white lettering on black keys. There is built-in word rediction, with predicted words appearing in a row above the keyboard.

Reading eBooks on the Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire can access the same Kindle library as other Kindle devices, but the colour screen makes children's picture books much more inviting. Some picture books have been provided with 'popups', enlarging small passages of text in a box with a cream background, using a standard, slightly enlarged, serif font to replace the various more graphical fonts used in picture books. Unfortunately, in the book I tried ('Twas the Night Before Christmas') it was not possible to further enlarge this text, or have it read out loud by the Kindle. I could not find any books in the Picture Book section of the Amazon Shop which claimed to be 'speech enabled'.

Books made up primarily of text can be read the same way as in earlier Kindles, with options to change line spacing, style and size of the text. Six fonts are available. Given that that the more 'traditional' Kindles available from Amazon (basic Kindle and Paperwhite) no longer provide text to speech support for reading eBooks, I was particularly keen to see how this performed on the Kindle Fire. To turn speech on, simply tap on the screen to bring up the Menu and choose Settings, then turn Text-to-Speech on. Tap again and press the Play icon at the bottom left of the screen to listen to the speech. Speech quality is better than on the earlier Kindles, but still isn't great.

I was disappointed to find that Immersion Reading is not yet available in the UK. This has been introduced for Kindle readers in the USA, allowing people to link their Kindle eBook to an audio book downloaded from Audible.com. Books can be read with a human voice (generally the author, or an actor), with text highlighted on screen as the words are spoken. When I tried to find out whether this would become available for the UK, the response from Amazon Support was somewhat cryptic: "We've made no announcement about implementing Immersion Reading in the UK, so unfortunately I can't answer your question."

What else does the Kindle Fire have?

The Kindle Fire HD has a dual-band Wi-Fi connection, which I have found to be pretty fast. The web browser is OK, but pretty basic, without any facilities for improving accessibility. You can connect to email, Facebook and Twitter accounts

Though the Kindle Fire uses the Android operating system, you are restricted to using apps available from the Amazon App Store. There's a good selection of mainstream apps available, many of which are free, but there's a shortage of the more specialist apps. Anybody looking for a budget communication aid will be disappointed.

The Kindle Fire has a built-in front facing HD video camera, aimed primarily at people using video chat - it can be used to take photographs, but it is awkward as you cannot see what you are taking a picture of.

Although it isn't documented, it is possible to take a screenshot of the Kindle screen by simultaneously pressing the Lower Volume and Power buttons. This can be tricky as it is easy to get it slightly wrong and just get the Volume Bar, or the Shut Down menu on screen.

The Fire can be connected to an external display, e.g. a data projector, by means of a micro HDMI cable (not supplied, but very cheap)

Overall Impressions

Basically, I like the Fire - screen quality is good, it is portable and has access to a wide range of facilities. Some tasks are pretty fiddly (like taking a screenshot) and I was a bit disappointed with the text-to-speech quality - and the absence of Immersion Reading, but overall I was pretty impressed, especially as it only cost £159.

This is the time of year when lots of people make available Christmas-themed materials suitable for pupils with additional support needs in schools. Here are a few of the resources that we know about:

• BBC CBeebies site - Their home page features an Advent Calendar, with games and short video clips featuring popular characters from children's television. There are lots of other Christmas resources available on the site - just search for Christmas.
• Ian Bean has created a page of simple cause and effect Christmas resources that are accessible for switch and touch screen users. Great fun!
• Makaton Advent Calendar - Very nice calendar featuring video clips of children signing along to songs and stories. The 'door' associated with each activity cannot be opened until the appropriate day.
• SpecialBites - Switch accessible videos with a Christmas theme.
• HelpKidzLearn - Advent Calendar with a new accessible actvity every day (Advent Calendars are definitely in fashion this year!
• Father Christmas - Video Webchat - Schools are invited to send questions in to Santa in time for the Times Educational Supplement webchat on 19th December.
• Christmas Treasures for Children with SEN - TES Special Needs Pinterest resource with links to lots of Christmas resources.
• Spread Some Christmas Cheer - blog by Katie Lyons from Spectronics featuring a number of Christmas resources, including the Toca Hair Salon - Christmas Gift app for the iPad.

Feel free to add other ones that you know about!

In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas from everybody at CALL Scotland!

We've been distributing CDs with accessible versions of the shortlisted titles for this year's Scottish Book Trust's Scottish Children's Book Awards for the last couple of weeks. (See previous Blog for details of the Awards and the shortlisted titles.)

Children in schools throughout Scotland are asked to choose their favourite from their age category:

• Bookbug Readers (3 - 7 years)
• Younger Readers (8 - 11 years)
• Older Readers (12 - 16 years)

Pupils with a print disability (e.g. visual impairment, dyslexia, some physical disabilities) who are not able to use standard books can benefit from having the books in an accessible electronic format available from CALL Scotland. This year, we have made the books available in the following formats:

BookBug Readers - PowerPoint and PDF. The PowerPoint files have recorded narration, i.e. children will hear a human voice reading the text on a page when they turn it. There are PowerPoint files specially set up for children using a switch. The PDF files have been set up so that the text can be read out loud by computer using either Adobe Reader and Read OutLoud, or Nook Study. Instructions for both are provided. We recommend using either of the Scottish Voices, Stuart or Heather, available for schools and parents from the Scottish Voice web site.

Younger Readers - Standard and Large Print (18 point) PDF and Daisy. Again, there are instructions for reading the PDFs using Adobe Reader or Nook Study. AMIS Daisy Reader software is provided for reading the Daisy versions.

Older Readers - Standard and Large Print (18 point) PDF and Daisy. Full instructions are provided.

Getting Accessible Copies of the Shortlisted Books

If you need an accessible copy of the books for a particular pupil, go to the CALL Scotland Books for All web site and fill in the form giving your name, the pupil name and letting us know which set of books is required. We'll send you the books on a CD.

Taking Part

Schools wanting to take part in deciding the winners in each category have to register with the Scottish Book Trust by 31st December and pupils can vote for their favourite book until 8th February.

Nearly 50 parents of children with additional support needs came to CALL on Saturday for our Parent Information Day on iPads.During the course of the day there was a series of presentations by CALL staff on different aspects of the use of the iPad to support learning and communication, along with exhibition space with various stands where visitors could have more in-depth discussions with CALL staff and browse through some of the extensive information downloadable from the internet on the use of iPads to support learning.Stuart and Paul provided an overview of the use of the iPad to read books available in different electronic formats (primarily ePub and PDF), using apps including iBooks, iWordQ and VoiceDream Reader.

In a parallel session, Sally demonstrated a number of picture-based apps that could be used to support communication, including BitsBoard, Book Creator, Sounding Board and GoTalk Now.

The morning finished with a presentation by Craig highlighting basic functions of the iPad, such as file management and the creation of folders, and the accessibility features of the iPad.After lunch there was time for people to browse through a vast array of information resources (listed in a handout) and to ask questions. Many people took the opportunity to buy CALL's book on the iPad, iPads for Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning, available as a free download, or to purchase in paper format from CALL.

What people thought of the Information Day

Here are some comments made by people attending the Information Day:

• "CALL is a brilliant discovery for us, and I feel it should be promoted to EVERY dyslexic kid as a matter of course - by law!"
• " I liked the depth & breadth of experience and approachability of presenters."

We recently loaned a Recordable Bar story sequencer to a Scottish charity which provides day services for people with disabilities. They were initially going to use it in their cafeteria to help people make choices from a menu. Feedback on the loan has been very positive:

"We used this piece of equipment as a menu board for a group with diverse communication needs and they all loved being able to make their choice."

The device was "really accessible, met the needs of most of the group and could be used for so much more."

The charity have now bought eight of the Recordable Bars from Inclusive Technology and will be using them for a variety of purposes to help the people who use their services.

The CALL Loan Bank can be used to assess whether a piece of equipment meet's a client's need without having to risk spending money on a device that may or may not be suitable.

The British Dyslexia Association have recently published some new books covering different aspects of dyslexia. The full list is available from the store on their web site. We have purchased six of the new titles for the CALL Library:

• Dyslexia and Useful Technology, edited by EA Draffen
• Dyslexia in Education: A Guide for Teachers and Teaching Assistants, by Sue Thurtle
• Dyslexia and Parents, by Margaret Malpas
• Dyslexia: Early Intervention by Judith Stansfield
• Maths Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia and Dyscalculia, by Steve Chinn
• Dyslexia Friendly Schools: Good Practice Guide, edited by Katrina Cochrane and Kate Saunders

CALL Scotland has a reference library, generally open between 9am and 5pm, available to teachers, therapists, students and anyone else with an interest in augmentative communication, assistive technology and education. It is best to phone beforehand to make sure that the Information Officer will be available to give you any help you need. Tel 0131 651 6235.